While my mom was visiting a few weeks ago I built my first “strawberry barrel” (see picture below) out of a 55 gallon drum and she bought me 50 strawberry roots. After looking for the best variety, I settled on the Ft. Laramie. We ordered them and the waiting began. I looked in the mail…
New Sermon Series Begins on Sunday, April 26
If you’ve never driven on an interstate highway in the west you don’t know about this, but if you miss an exit it could be half an hour or forty-five minutes later before you are able to get to the next exit to turn around. Just one simple miss and now you are far off…
the Claptrap
My Twitter account had some activity this past week from a church consulting group. (In most of the Twitter world activity is no big deal, but for a guy like me this was huge.) After having a sermon ‘favorited’ by someone/group that I don’t know anything about I decided to investigate why they would even…
Behold
We strain the eyes to behold the things we cherish. This is why eye contact with a loved one is important. When I participate in wedding ceremonies my favorite thing to do while the bride is walking in is to get a good look and the groom… that man’s eyes are always fixed on his bride…
Happy Anniversary, New Horizon Home
Yesterday, April 9, was the 2 year anniversary of New Horizon Home. New Horizon Home is a girls home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. May God bless His name. Happy Anniversary, New Horizon Home!
Who Cares What the Spirit Says to the Church?
Is this the most common phrase spoken at the mid-week prayer gathering of the Lord Jesus Christ tonight? “Who cares what the Spirit says to the church, we have things to do tonight.” It may not be said everywhere across the land. Likely nobody would say it quite like this… attendees know better, and non-attendees…
A Personal Statement Concerning My Calling
I’ve recently been reading and re-reading biographical sketches of pastors/missionaries of old. I’ve been reminded of their personal statements concerning their understanding of their duty before God. About two weeks ago I wrote a rough draft and working on fine tuning what this might look like from my vantage point. The following is a result…
Meet Our New Girls
The Lord has delivered four more girls to New Horizon Home over this past weekend. Pray for them as they adjust to the home and meet their other 33 sisters.
The Highway of Holiness
Consider joining me at Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ashville, North Carolina this fall, October 29-31, 2015, for the “Highway of Holiness” conference. A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And…
Spring Cleaning Treasure
A few weeks ago we (Eastside Baptist Church) had a much needed spring cleaning day. The church attic is a place where many things get stored after a Christmas cantata , an Easter program, VBS or anything else that we must have thought would be a good idea to keep. Where the overwhelming majority of…